USA with all its myths: a trip in a Mustang on secondary roads

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Who has not fantasized about crossing the US by car?

Yes, anyone who has read the Beat generation.

Everyone who loves the road.

He who is used to looking through a lens... "It's a mythical journey that many of us have grown up with thanks to cinema and literature. You always have it in mind," says photographer Sara Janini, who has covered

in a Ford Mustang on back roads.

An adventure that she now captures in the book

.

"There I met the ghosts of my myths, cowboys, sheriffs, Indians, canyons, deserts, motels, Denny's with their smiling waitresses serving more coffee, horse races, snakeskin jackets, oil wells [...] America from the window of a 21st century pony".

Janini rented a black Ford Mustang convertible.

"I'm a fan of all things classic," he says.

"In the US there is an admirable cult of these cars. It is very common to see them in concentrations or to cross them on the highway, especially in states with little humidity, such as Arizona and New Mexico, where they are better preserved."

His journey began in 2015, in the midst of the presidential battle between

.

Twenty states behind the wheel with a cork cooler full of coffee and beer.

.

With a Leica M9 and a Canon 5D as a travel diary and the freedom that only the road gives to change routes, to go at the pace one wants.

Every trip has an excuse and his was to arrive on time for the famous salt lake drag races in Bonneville, Utah, and then return to New York.

Every night, the photographer pointed out the highlights of the Jordanian.

That July 19, for example: "Florida seems like a great pink showcase of XXL cocktails, go-go dancers, palm tree shirts,

, gold chains and exploding cars. Melero takes us to secret restaurants in Miami and Cuban Versailles."

Or September 10: "All is as it seems in Texas. On ranches there are

signs, John Wayne signs, bullet-riddled road signs, oil wells and rodeos on every corner, but then there's Austin, too. "

her music, and Port Arthur, where Janis Joplin was born.

"The US is a country that can still surprise us," says the photographer.

"What we call the off-road is immense. Those

and the thousand roads that leave you speechless: national parks, mountains, plains, lakes, deserts and all that desolate deep America that nobody steps on."

Arapahoe St, in Downtown Denver, Colorado.S.

JANINI

His favorite moments are almost all in this particular travel book.

Through his photos we visit magical places, such as

, the white desert near Alamogordo, where the first tests of atomic bombs were carried out.

There are many unexpected moments that his camera captures: "Seeing prairie dogs in Wyoming, bison in Yellowstone and real roadrunners crossing the road in Arizona."

Arriving in Cody, Buffalo Bill's hometown, Janini stumbled upon a nightly rodeo, "like a fair for the whole family, with entertainers, dancing, clowns, horse racing and lassoing, and everyone in hats." from

."

Savannah's huge weeping willows impressed him.

He was haunted by the abandoned mining towns of Colorado and the decay of

where the famous aliens were sighted in 1947. He was fascinated by the Durango steam train and the

"and Asheville!" beat.

By the way, that in

, Arkansas, there are eight historic spas visited by

.

You have to write it down for the next trip to the US on secondary roads.

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Designed by Mauricio D'Ors.

176 p.

40 euro.

Web: www.sarajanini.com

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